LOCAL NEWS

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Police are investigating reports from three women that they were sexually assaulted by St. Louis University student athletes early Sunday. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports two of the women are students at the university. They went to police early Sunday and reported the assaults happened in an on-campus apartment. Police did…

Jefferson City, MO (KTRS) A new initiative is underway to combat human trafficking in Missouri. Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley held a press conference on Tuesday morning at the Missouri Chamber of Commerce in Jefferson City, where he announced the formation of the Business Council. This is a coalition of Missouri businesses committed to fighting…

NATIONAL NEWS

By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing assured defeat, Republican leaders decided Tuesday not to even hold a vote on the GOP’s latest attempt to repeal the Obama health care law, surrendering on their last-gasp effort to deliver on the party’s banner campaign promise. “The bill is dead as a door nail,” said Sen.…

By ALAN FRAM, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Republican drive to tear down President Barack Obama’s health care law was flickering out Monday as a decisive handful of GOP senators remained opposed to the last-gasp bill. Changes aimed at galvanizing GOP support produced no apparent additional votes as time was running out for the White…

SPORTS NEWS

COLUMBIA, MO(AP). — Kerryon Johnson had no idea how many touchdowns he had scored, even as they kept adding up. The Auburn running back was simply focused on his much-awaited return to the field after two weeks off following a hamstring injury. Johnson made the most of that return on Saturday night, scoring a career-high…

St. Louis, MO – Saint Louis FC were left frustrated with a 2-2 draw against FC Cincinnati in front of 4,376 at Toyota Stadium in Week 29 of the USL regular season. Saint Louis FC opened the scoring in the 42nd minute through Seth Rudolph and doubled the lead after the break in the 59th…